Group B Flashcards
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Festoon
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To adorn or decorate with ribbons, garlands, or other embellishments.
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Firmament
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The heavens or sky, especially when regarded as a tangible thing.
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Flag
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To signal or indicate, often by lowering or raising a flag.
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Flip
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To turn over or cause to turn over with a sudden movement.
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Flora
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The plants of a particular region, habitat, or geological period.
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Flout
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To openly disregard a rule or law.
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Foment
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To instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action).
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Forbearance
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The act of refraining from enforcing a debt, right, or obligation.
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Forestall
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To prevent or obstruct (an anticipated event or action) by taking action ahead of time.
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Forswear
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To agree to give up or renounce a belief or claim.
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Forward
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To send or direct something to a destination.
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Fracas
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A noisy disturbance or quarrel.
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Fractious
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Irritable and quarrelsome.
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Frission
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A sudden strong feeling of excitement or fear; a thrill.
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Froward
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Difficult to deal with; contrary.
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Fulminate
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To express vehement protest.
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Gainsay
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To deny or contradict.
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Gambol
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To run or jump about playfully.
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Garner
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To gather or collect (something, especially information or approval).
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Garrulous
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Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.
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Gauche
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Lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward.
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Germane
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Relevant to a subject under consideration.
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Glib
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Fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow.
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Gloam
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Twilight; dusk.
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Gossamer
A fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs spun by small spiders.
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Grandiloquence
Pompous or extravagant language.
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Gregarious
Fond of company; sociable.
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Grouse
To complain or grumble.
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Guile
Sly or cunning intelligence.
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Guileless
Devoid of guile; innocent and without deception.
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Guy
A man; a person.
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Hackneyed
Lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal.
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Halcyon
Denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful.
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Hale
Strong and healthy.
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Harangue
A lengthy and aggressive speech.
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Harrow
To cause distress to.
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Hegemony
Leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others.
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Hermeneutic
Relating to the interpretation of texts, especially religious ones.
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Hermetic
Complete and airtight; often used to describe a seal.
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Heterodox
Not conforming with accepted or orthodox standards or beliefs.
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Hirsute
Hairy; covered with hair.
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Homiletics
The art of preaching or writing sermons.
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Homily
A religious discourse that is intended primarily for spiritual edification.
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Hubris
Excessive pride or self-confidence.
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Iconoclasm
The action of attacking or assertively rejecting cherished beliefs and institutions.
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Idyll
An extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque episode or scene.
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Ignominious
Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.
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Imbroglio
A complicated and confusing situation.
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Immutable
Unchanging over time or unable to be changed.
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Impassive
Not feeling or showing emotion.
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Impecunious
Having little or no money.
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Imperious
Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering.
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Implacable
Unable to be placated; relentless.
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Import
To bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale.
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Importunate
Persistent, especially to the point of annoyance.
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Importune
To ask someone pressingly and persistently for or to do something.
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Impugn
To dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of a statement or motive.
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Impunity
Exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action.
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Impute
To attribute (responsibility or fault) to something.
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Inchoate
Just begun and not fully formed or developed.
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Incorrigible
Not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed.
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Inculcate
To instill an idea, attitude, or habit by persistent instruction.
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Indolent
Wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy.
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Ineluctable
Inevitable; inescapable.
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Inerrant
Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong.
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Ingenue
An innocent or unsophisticated young woman.
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Ingenuous
Innocent and unsuspecting.
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Inimical
Tending to obstruct or harm.
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Inimitable
So good or unusual as to be impossible to copy; unique.
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Iniquitous
Grossly unfair and morally wrong.
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Innervate
To stimulate or supply with energy.
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Insipid
Lacking flavor, vigor, or interest.
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Insouciant
Showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent.
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Insular
Ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience.
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Interdict
To prohibit or forbid something.
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Interdiction
The act of prohibiting or forbidding something.
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Interstice
An intervening space, especially a very small one.
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Intractable
Hard to control or deal with.
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Intransigent
Unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something.
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Inundate
To overwhelm someone with things or people to be dealt with.
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Inure
To accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant.
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Inveigh
To speak or write about (something) with great hostility.
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Inveigle
To persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery.
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Inveterate
Having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change.
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Isthmus
A narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.
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Itinerate
To travel from place to place.
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Jaundiced
Having a prejudiced view, especially due to envy or resentment.
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Jejune
Naive, simplistic, and superficial.
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Jibe
To make insulting or mocking remarks.
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Jocose
Characterized by joking; playful.
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Jocund
Cheerful and lighthearted.
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Ken
To know or recognize.
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Kinetic
Relating to or resulting from motion.
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Labile
Liable to change; unstable.
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Laconic
Using very few words.
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Limn
To depict or describe in painting or words.
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Limpid
Clear and accessible or melodious.
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List
To lean to one side.
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Magnanimity
The fact or condition of being generous or noble.
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Malevolent
Having or showing a wish to do evil to others.
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Malinger
To pretend to be ill in order to escape duty or work.
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Manifold
Many and various.
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March
To walk quickly and with determination.
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Maunder
To talk in a rambling manner.
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Maverick
An independent-minded person.
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Melifluous
Having a smooth, rich flow; pleasing to the ear.
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Mendacity
Untruthfulness.
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Mendicant
A beggar.
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Meretricious
Appearing attractive but having in reality no value or integrity.
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Mettlesome
Full of spirit and courage; spirited.
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Militate
To have a substantial effect; to weigh heavily.
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Milk
To extract milk from (a cow or other animal).
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Minatory
Expressing or conveying a threat.
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Mince
To cut up or grind (food) into very small pieces.
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Mitigate
To make less severe, serious, or painful.
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Mollify
To appease the anger or anxiety of someone.
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Mordant
Having or showing a sharp or critical quality.
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Moribund
At the point of death; in terminal decline.
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Mulct
To extract money from (someone) by fine or taxation.
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Multifarious
Many and of various types.
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Nacreous
Resembling mother-of-pearl; iridescent.
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Nadir
The lowest point in the fortunes of a person or organization.
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Natty
Neat and tidy in appearance.
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Neologism
A newly coined word or expression.
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Nexus
A connection or series of connections linking two or more things.
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Nice
Pleasant; agreeable.
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Nonplussed
Surprised and confused so much that one is unsure how to react.
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Nostrum
A medicine, especially one that is not considered effective.
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Numinous
Having a strong religious or spiritual quality.
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Obdurate
Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.
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Obloquy
Strong public criticism or verbal abuse.
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Obsequious
Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
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Obstreperous
Noisy and difficult to control.
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Obtain
To get, acquire, or secure something.
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Obtest
To call upon (a deity) to witness or to affirm.
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Obtuse
Annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand.
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Obviate
To remove (a need or difficulty).
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Occlude
To stop, close up, or obstruct.
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Occult
Relating to mystical, supernatural, or magical powers or phenomena.
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Officious
Assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way.
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Oneiric
Relating to dreams.
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Onerous
Involving a great deal of effort, trouble, or difficulty.
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Opprobium
Harsh criticism or censure.
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Ossified
Having become rigid or fixed in attitude or position.
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Ostensible
Stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.
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Ostentatious
Characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress.
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Otiose
Serving no practical purpose; useless.
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Ouevre
The complete works or body of work produced by an artist.
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Overweening
Showing excessive confidence or pride.
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Overwrought
In a state of nervous excitement or anxiety.
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Paean
A song of praise or triumph.
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Pale
To decrease in relative importance.
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Palliate
To make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe without removing the cause.
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Palpable
Able to be touched or felt; clear to the mind.
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Panegyric
A public speech or published text in praise of someone or something.
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Panoply
A complete or impressive collection of things.
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Paramour
A lover, especially the illicit partner of a married person.
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Pariah
An outcast.
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Parsimonious
Unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy or frugal.
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Partisan
A strong supporter of a party, cause, or person.
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Peccadillo
A small, relatively unimportant offense or sin.
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Peckish
Hungry; slightly hungry.
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Pecunious
Wealthy.
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Pedantic
Excessively concerned with minor details or rules.
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Pedestrian
Lacking inspiration or excitement; dull.
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Pellucid
Translucently clear.
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Penurious
Extremely poor; poverty-stricken.
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Peregrinate
To travel or wander around from place to place.
